sportlich
German, adjective[ˈʃpɔʁtlɪç]
sportlich is spelled S-P-O-R-T-L-I-C-H (9 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written German, the 6,780th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sportlich is a German adjective meaning “sport; sporting, athletic (of or pertaining to sports)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Sport betreffend, zum Sport gehörend”.
What does sportlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sport; sporting, athletic (of or pertaining to sports)
- 2
athletic, fit, sporty (physically strong, good at sports)
- 3
sporting, sportsmanlike
- 4
ambitious, requiring great effort
- 5
casual
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. den Sport betreffend, zum Sport gehörend 2. im Sport begabt seiend 3. ehrlich, fair; meist im Rahmen eines sportlichen Wettkampfes
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sportlich
- sportlicher masculine nominative singular
- am sportlichsten superlative
- sportliche feminine nominative singular
- sportliches neuter nominative singular
- sportlichen genitive masculine singular
- sportlichem dative masculine singular
- der sportliche definite includes-article masculine
- die sportliche definite feminine includes-article
- das sportliche definite includes-article neuter
- die sportlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des sportlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der sportlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem sportlichen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sportlich?
- [ˈʃpɔʁtlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sportlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sportlich in German?
sportlich appears 10 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).